1610 facts for kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1580s 1590s 1600s – 1610s – 1620s 1630s 1640s
Years:	1607 1608 1609 – 1610 – 1611 1612 1613

Events

January 7 – Galileo Galilei discovers the Galilean moons of Jupiter.
March 12 – Swedish troops under Jacob de la Gardie take Moscow
May 13-14 – Francois Ravaillac assassinates Henry IV of France
May 27 – Ravaillac is executed by pulling him apart in the Place de Grève
July 5 – John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.
October 17 – Louis XIII of France crowned

Johannes Fabricius is the first to observe sunspots by telescope.
Poland captures Moscow, just to lose it again to Russian and Swedish troops.
In Jamestown, Virginia, only 60 out of 500 settlers survive the harsh winter
King of France expelled Muslims from his realm.
Henry Hudson discovers Hudson Bay
Arabella Stuart, pretender to the English throne, imprisoned for marrying William Seymour
The Orion Nebula is discovered by Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc.
Bonham's Case decided by Edward Coke chief justice of England's Court of Common Pleas. Coke affirmed the supremacy of the common law which limited the power of Parliament as well as the king.